ESMC Expands Platform to Deliver Transferable Carbon and Water Assets from Regenerative Agriculture

ESMC’s high-integrity assets further support corporate agricultural sustainability strategies.

For immediate release: January 28, 2026
Contact: Thayer Tomlinson; ttomlinson@ecosystemservicesmarket.org

Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC) today announces the launch of a new carbon and water asset platform delivering transferable environmental assets generated through regenerative agriculture, marking ESMC’s formal entry into the supply of agricultural carbon and water credits for the corporate market.

This new platform expands ESMC’s role beyond supply chain insetting by enabling companies across sectors to source auditable carbon and water assets from regenerative agriculture for use in corporate climate and water strategies, expanding access beyond individual agricultural supply chains. The platform builds on ESMC’s established Scope 3 inset work through its EcoHarvest program, which supports companies in addressing carbon and water quality within their agricultural supply chains.

ESMC’s asset platform is designed to support Scope 3 and Forest, Land, and Agriculture (FLAG) strategies through agronomy-first program design and rigorous measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV). Assets are outcomes based, auditable, and designed for enterprise grade accounting. Built on years of field research, producer engagement, and methodology development, the platform reflects producer centric economics and accounting grounded in field level data. Initial asset supply is drawn from ESMC’s national producer network and multi-year field programs, positioning the platform to scale alongside growing demand for credible, outcomes-based Scope 3 and FLAG aligned solutions.

This asset platform creates opportunities for companies to meet agricultural climate and water goals while they build the supply chain relationships, systems, and internal alignment required for long term insetting programs like EcoHarvest.

Said ESMC CEO Ryan Tregaskes, “Corporate climate and water strategies are increasingly constrained by a lack of high quality, scalable agricultural assets. ESMC was created to address this challenge by connecting producers, science, and markets to deliver real, measurable outcomes at scale. The assets benefit both corporations pursuing sustainability goals and producers seeking an additional source of income. This announcement establishes ESMC as a leading supplier of agricultural carbon and water assets.”

Unlike speculative or low integrity approaches that have challenged parts of the voluntary carbon market, ESMC’s model emphasizes verified outcomes, transparent governance, and alignment with international standards. In addition to carbon, the platform supports water quality and water quantity assets designed to help organizations address watershed impacts and operational water risk, reflecting the growing demand for integrated climate and water solutions across corporate and infrastructure supply chains.

Learn how your organization can source high integrity agricultural carbon and water assets today at www.ecosystemservicesmarket.org/assets and take the next step toward meeting your Scope 3 and FLAG commitments.

ESMC is a non-profit, member-based organization that recognizes and rewards farmers for their environmental services to society. ESMC members represent the spectrum of the agricultural sector supply chain with whom we are scaling sustainable agricultural sector outcomes, including increased soil carbon, reduced net greenhouse gases, and improved water quality and water use conservation. We launched EcoHarvest, a voluntary, national market program in May 2022. Learn more at www.ecosystemservicesmarket.org.